Make no mistake, that is precisely what the New York Times reported today.

And I quote:

A team of administration lawyers concluded in a March 2003 legal memorandum that President Bush was not bound by either an international treaty prohibiting torture or by a federal antitorture law because he had the authority as commander in chief to approve any technique needed to protect the nation's security.

Remember, we impeached President Clinton for not breaking the law. So what do we do to Bush when he gets some smarmy lawyers to say it's OK for him to actually break the law.